"""Americana: The Kinks, the Riff, the Road: The Story"", Ray Davies, former leader and singer of The Kinks, recounted a story of a meeting with Clive Davis, then-president of Arista Records, at the record executive's home on Long Island where Davies suggested to Davis that ""Copacabana"" should be released as a single. The single version clocks in at 4:08; the extended disco version is titled ""Copacabana (At the Copa) (Disco)"" and is 5:46 in length. As opposed to a commercial 12"" single, the extended version was on the flip side of the 45 and can also be found on Manilow's"
"Copacabana (Sarah Vaughan album) Copacabana is a 1979 album by Sarah Vaughan. This was Vaughan's second album of Bossa nova following ""I Love Brazil!"", her third album of Brazilian music, ""Brazilian Romance"" followed in 1987. Although the contemporaneous review by ""Los Angeles Times"" jazz critic Leonard Feather was somewhat mixed, he did not fault the featured artist: ""That this set does not reach the consistent heights of its predecessor, ""I Love Brazil,"" cannot be blamed on Vaughan. The difference lies in the accompaniment, which this time is spotty. Who needs that unison choir background on ""Smiling Hour""? Vaughan is not"
"Mitch Miller. The simplistic percussion on ""Bonita"" could be a metronome. Still, Hélio Delmiro's guitar, an unidentified cello and the incomparable Vaughan contralto applied to ""Dindi,"" ""Gentle Rain"" and Jobim's ""Double Rainbow"" (English lyrics by Gene Lees) elevate this to 3½ stars. Copacabana (Sarah Vaughan album) Copacabana is a 1979 album by Sarah Vaughan. This was Vaughan's second album of Bossa nova following ""I Love Brazil!"", her third album of Brazilian music, ""Brazilian Romance"" followed in 1987. Although the contemporaneous review by ""Los Angeles Times"" jazz critic Leonard Feather was somewhat mixed, he did not fault the featured artist: ""That"
"Copacabana (1947 film) Copacabana is a 1947 American musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green starring Carmen Miranda and Groucho Marx. The film is a showcase for Miranda, who performs several numbers in her usual style, including a high-energy rendition of ""Tico-Tico"". Groucho, as Lionel, her fiance and agent, also sings a musical number, ""Go West, Young Man"", wearing his traditional greasepaint brows, mustache, and baggy suit. This was Groucho's first significant film appearance as a solo act, minus Harpo and Chico. Anne (Gloria Jean), at the urging of Andy (Andy Russell), sings a song called ""Stranger Things Have"
"song written by her former music teacher, Sam gives her a job as a Copa Girl at his club. The two fall in love, as Tony writes a song for Lola as she listens. Stephen's voice can be heard narrating the events as Rico Castelli, an Italian gangster from Cuba, enters the Copacabana with the now-waning star Conchita Alvarez. Sam confronts Rico about the disappearance of Copa Girls each time he comes to the club, and demands he leave. However, Rico, armed with thugs, is able to stay long enough to meet and develop an interest in Lola la Mar."
"Miranda, takes place in The Copacabana. Part of the 2003 Yerba Buena song ""Guajira"" is set there. The Copacabana opened on November 10, 1940, at 10 East 60th Street in New York City. Although Monte Proser's name was on the lease, he had a powerful partner: mob boss Frank Costello. Proser (1904–1973), a native Englishman, was a well-connected nightclub owner and press agent whose various clients included Walt Disney, Maria Montez, Mary Pickford, and the Ziegfeld Follies. Costello put Jules Podell on the scene to look after his interests; Podell had a police record and would not have been an"
"sold over 5 million copies worldwide), and ""Mariana"". They have continued to record and tour worldwide. Gibson Brothers The Gibson Brothers are a France-based musical group, who had their greatest success during the disco boom of the late 1970s. Their best known hit singles included ""Cuba"" and ""Que Sera Mi Vida"". The three brothers, Chris (born 20 June 1954), (lead vocals, percussion), Patrick (vocals, drums) and Alex (vocals, keyboards), were born on Martinique in the West Indies. They recorded their first single ""Come to America"" in Paris in 1976, and both it and its follow-up ""Non Stop Dance"" made the"
"it featured Jobim, João Gilberto, Vinícius de Moraes and Os Cariocas on stage together for the only time. Copacabana Palace (film) Copacabana Palace is an Italian comedy film from 1962, directed by Stefano Vanzina, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, starring Walter Chiari, Mylène Demongeot and Franco Fabrizi. Antônio Carlos Jobim wrote ""Samba do Avião"" for this film, where it was performed by Jula De Palma and I 4 + 4 di Nora Orlandi. The movie was filmed in Rio de Janeiro and features cameo appearances by Jobim, João Gilberto and Os Cariocas. The first performance of the song was by Jobim"
"Gloria Estefan Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo; September 1, 1957) is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She started her career as the lead singer in the group ""Miami Latin Boys"" which later became known as Miami Sound Machine. Estefan experienced worldwide success with ""Conga"" in 1985. The song became Estefan's signature song and led to the Miami Sound Machine winning the grand prix in the 15th annual Tokyo Music Festival in 1986. In the middle of 1988, she and the band got their first number-one hit for the song ""Anything for You."" She is a contralto."
"Copacabana Palace (film) Copacabana Palace is an Italian comedy film from 1962, directed by Stefano Vanzina, written by Luciano Vincenzoni, starring Walter Chiari, Mylène Demongeot and Franco Fabrizi. Antônio Carlos Jobim wrote ""Samba do Avião"" for this film, where it was performed by Jula De Palma and I 4 + 4 di Nora Orlandi. The movie was filmed in Rio de Janeiro and features cameo appearances by Jobim, João Gilberto and Os Cariocas. The first performance of the song was by Jobim and Os Cariocas in August 1962 at the Au Bon Gourmet restaurant in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, as"
"the top ten in various countries, including the United States and the Netherlands. The song was not a hit in the United Kingdom, failing to chart on the Top 75. There the attention was based more on the single ""Bad Boy"". In ""Billboard"" magazine's year-end chart in 1986, ""Conga"" finished at #40. The video is set in the fictional Miami night club Copacabana, hosting a reception for an unspecified ambassador. After a piano rendition, the Miami Sound Machine is announced as the next featured act (though Gloria insists the setting is not appropriate for the song.) The more upbeat song"
"of Bloom's life insurance policy. Bobby Bloom Robert Bloom (January 15, 1946 – February 28, 1974) was an American singer-songwriter. He is known best for being a one-hit wonder with the 1970 song, ""Montego Bay"", which was co-written with and produced by Jeff Barry. Bloom was born in New York City. In the early 1960s, Bloom had been a member of the doo-wop group, The Imaginations. He received a big break in 1969 when he was awarded a contract to write and record a jingle for Pepsi, paving the way for his later success with ""Montego Bay."" He also played"
"Brazilian Elvis Presley. In 1957, Cauby was the first Brazilian singer to record a rock song in Portuguese, the song ""Rock and Roll in Copacabana"", composed by Miguel Gustavo, also author of the march ""Pra frente, Brasil"". The singer was accompanied by the band The Snakes, formed by Arlenio, Erasmo Carlos, Edson Trindade and José Roberto (China). In the movie ""Minha Sogra É da Policia"" (1958), the group backs Cauby in the song ""That's Rock"", composed by Carlos Imperial. Cauby still would write the song ""Enrolando o Rock"" for the band ""Betinho & Conjunto"", after this quick passage by genre"
"Córdoba. Colombian musician Carlos Vives did cover versions of his songs. Popular songs he wrote include ""Altos del Rosario"", ""Pedazo de Acordeón,"" ""Fidelina,"" and ""La Cachucha Bacana"". Alejo Durán Gilberto Alejandro Durán Diaz, known to all as Alejo Durán or ""El Negro Grande"" (the great black Man) (February 9, 1919 – November 15, 1989) was a Colombian vallenato music traditional composer, singer and accordionist. Duran was born in El Paso, Cesar and lived his last years in Planeta Rica He is notorious for lyrically ""self-flagellating"" himself in his songs. In 1968 Duran gained notoriety for winning the first version of"
"Lola Beltrán María Lucila Beltrán Ruiz (7 March 1932 – 24 March 1996), better known as Lola Beltrán, was a Mexican singer, actress, and television presenter. Beltrán is and was one of Mexico's most acclaimed singers of Ranchera and Huapango music. She made the famous song ""Priscila elque se fue"" collaborations with other acclaimed Mexican music stars such as Amalia Mendoza, Juan Gabriel and Lucha Villa. She was internationally renowned for her interpretation of the songs ""Cucurrucucú paloma"" and ""Paloma Negra"" as well as sang before many world leaders. She was nicknamed ""Lola la Grande"" (""Lola the Great""). On cinema,"
"such as Coca-Cola and Chupa Chups. A compilation of his singles were released by Sony Music in 2004. David Lyme David Lyme (born Jordi Cubino Bermejo, 22 November 1966, Spain), also known as Jordi Cubino, is a Spanish singer, songwriter, and model. He is one of the pillars of the so-called ""Sabadell Sound""(named after the Spanish city of Sabadell), a variant of the Italo disco made in Spain, which became popular in Europe in the 1980s. Originally, he started out singing opera, but later discovered Italo disco by ""accident"". In 1985, he released his first single ""Bambina"", under Max Music"
"with ""Livin' La Vida Loca"" in 1999), the boy-band Menudo (with its changing personnel), Los Chicos, Las Cheris, Salsa Kids and Chayanne. Famous singers include the Despacito singer Luis Fonsi. Above all, singer and virtuoso guitarist Jose Feliciano born in Lares, Puerto Rico, became a world pop star in 1968 when his latin-soul version of ""Light My Fire"" and the LP ""Feliciano!"" became great successes in the American and international rankings and allowed Feliciano to be the first Puerto Rican to win Grammy awards that year. Puerto Rico is perhaps the single biggest center for production of reggaeton. The roots"
"Altemar Dutra and Ângela Maria as guests. Following the end of her TV show, in 1965, Clara moved to the Copacabana neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro to pursue a national career as singer. After a few LPs featuring assorted styles, she became a samba vocalist in the 1970s and became well known. In 1974, Clara had a hit with the samba """"Conto de Areia"""" and her album sold approximately 300,000 copies. It was a remarkable achievement which helped to overturn the idea that women were unable to become big record sellers (in Brazil) and thereby stimulated other companies to invest"
"the year. In 1975, the hit would be ""Além do Horizonte"". The following year the singer would record the new LP in the CBS Studios in New York. The album spawned the songs """"Ilegal, Imoral e Engorda"""" and """"Os Seus Botões""."" In 1977, Roberto Carlos recorded """"Muito Romântico"""" (Caetano Veloso) and """"Cavalgada"""", released the Christmas album and reached the first places on the charts. The following year, ""Roberto Carlos (1978)"" was released, which featured the songs """"Café da Manhã"","" ""Força Estranha"" (Caetano Veloso) and ""Lady Laura"" – the latter dedicated to his mother. The album sold one million five hundred"
"gained fame in Puerto Rico from 1978, and it gained worldwide fame after Rupert Holmes released his 1979 song ""Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"", which became a popular hit around the world. Jazz icon and flugelhorn player Chuck Mangione likewise released a tune titled ""Piña Colada"" on his 1979 album ""Fun and Games"". In ""The Godfather Part II"" (1974), in the scenes set in Cuba, the characters are offered Piña Coladas several times. The cocktail serves as part of the title of the Garth Brooks song ""Two Piña Coladas"". There are many recipes of how to make a piña colada"
"record label, Inca. Members of the band included singer Oscar Solo, brothers Felix Ayala on bass guitar and Fernando Ayala on lead guitar, Jose ""Pepito"" Valentin on guitar and Enrique ""Kiko"" Rivera on drums. In 1970, they had success with ""Tema de la telenovela 'Natacha'"", their version of the theme song from the Peruvian telenovela, """", which was sung by Gil Rivera. 'Natacha' was considered one of the first international hit telenovelas ""("", 1968, being the first), and the song became popular throughout Latin America and among the Puerto Rican / Hispanic communities in the US. After years of touring"
"was popular in the 1940s and 1950s. The project was popular enough that they extended it for five more years. During this time they shared stage with such famous artists as Donna Summer, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Barry White, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis, Whitney Houston, and Kool and the Gang. The group toured internationally in Japan, Mexico, Argentina, Peru and the United States. It is currently one of the most popular timba or Cuban salsa groups at home in Cuba. Their first hit, ""Me sube la fiebre,"" had made Charanga Habanera one of Cuba's most popular timba bands."
"up by TK Records in the U.S. In 1978 they recorded ""Cuba"". The mix of disco beats, Latin percussion, soulful vocals and a catchy tune propelled the song to #1 in several countries, and earned them four gold records worldwide. In the UK it made #41 on its initial release, and #12 when reissued in 1980. Like their other hits, it was written and produced by Daniel Vangarde and the Belgian producer Jean Kluger. The Gibson Brothers had three further big hits in 1979 and 1980, ""Ooh! What a Life"", ""Que Sera Mi Vida"" (a Jean Kluger/Nelly Byl-penned song which"
"Bogotá, Colombia. In 1960, he organized a revue ""Mr. Babalu"", which performed in Reno, Nevada and Lake Tahoe, California. Billed were singers ""Loraine Barry"", ""Marguerita Monteil"" and ""Josie Powell"". Apart from being a famous singer, he was a notable songwriter as well. Numbers he composed include ""Mondongo"", ""Rumba rumbero"", ""Loco de amor"", ""Los tambores"", ""Oh, mi tambó"", ""Bongó"", ""Dolor cobarde"". Films he appeared in include ""Mi reino por un torero"", ""Suspense"", ""Panamericana"", ""Imprudencia"", ""Acapulqueña"" (with María Antonieta Pons), ""Copacabana"", ""Mientras el cuerpo aguante"", ""Canción para recordar"" and ""Nacido para amarte"". Also listed is ""Bailando nace el amor"" (with Fred Astaire"
"a million copies of their 1975 single ""Charlie Brown"" while the album ""Disco Samba"" had sales of around 1.4 million copies in Latin America. Deprijck also had a major 1978 solo success in France and Belgium with ska/reggae-song"" Kingston, Kingston"", under the moniker Lou & The Hollywood Bananas. In the English speaking world, Deprijck's best known hit was ""Ça plane pour moi"", which he recorded and sang for Plastic Bertrand, who remains generally credited for the song (and was upheld legally in 2006 as being entitled to be called its artist). In fact, Deprijck was also the ""voice"" of Plastic"
"musical trope in his 1944 ballet ""Fancy Free"". Floor shows were held at 8:30 pm, 12 am, and 2 am, while dance troupes and relief bands performed at other times. Among the acts that performed at the Riobamba were singer Jane Froman, vaudeville performer Grace Hayes, singer-actress Hannah Williams, and the Chandra-Kaly Dancers. Dean Martin appeared as a last-minute substitute for Frank Sinatra in September 1943. In 1943 Frank Sinatra's managers tried, unsuccessfully, to book him into the Copacabana, which was then ""the hottest of the hot"" of Manhattan's nightclubs. They settled for a three-week engagement at the Riobamba, which"
"Williams Jr. Alabam (song) ""Alabam"" is a 1960 song by Cowboy Copas. ""Alabam"" was the most successful release of Cowboy Copas and was his only single to hit the Hot 100, peaking at number sixty-three. On the country chart, ""Alabam"" was the sole number one single for Cowboy Copas, staying at the top spot for twelve weeks and spending thirty-four weeks on the chart. Guy Mitchell released a cover version in 1968. It reached No. 61 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Other cover versions include: Minnie Pearl in 1966, Lynn Anderson in 1970, Pat Boone, Willie Nelson, Bobby Vinton,"
"of latin releases during the 1970s. Cobos' big break came in 1982 when he recorded his first solo studio album ""Zarzuela"" at Abbey Road Studios with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Following the release of Zarzuela, Cobos released his second studio album in 1983 ""Sol y sombra"" followed by ""Mexicano"" which was released in 1984. He also collaborated with the albums ""Mecano"" and ""¿Dónde está el país de las hadas?"". His following singles reached the top of the charts: ""Capriccio russo"" (1986), ""Tempo d'Italia"" (1987) and ""Vienna Concerto"" (1989). In addition, his music reached the charts in the United Kingdom, France,"
"include others' collections or albums released without Holmes's participation: Holmes also wrote and co-produced, and was a keyboardist on, the songs on the disco album ""Shobizz"", released in 1979 by Capitol Records. He also featured as a vocalist on the 1983 album ""Lake Freeze - The Raccoons Songtrack"" by The Raccoons. Rupert Holmes Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein on February 24, 1947) is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, musician, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles ""Escape (The Piña Colada Song)"" (1979) and ""Him"" (1980). He is also known for his musicals ""Drood"", which earned him two"
"under the song name ""El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)"". The instrumental version by Los Incas was used as the base track. They included the song on the 1970 album ""Bridge Over Troubled Water"". Simon & Garfunkel released their version as a single in the U.S., which reached #18 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart and #6 on the Easy Listening chart, in fall 1970. This cover achieved major international success and fame. In regard to the Simon & Garfunkel version, Daniel Alomía Robles, Jorge Milchberg, and Paul Simon are now all listed as songwriters, with Simon listed alone as"
"perform with her. In the early years, the band wasn't very successful globally because Estefan sang most of the songs in Spanish. The first single to make a sizeable dent in popularity was ""Dr. Beat"" in 1984. That was followed by ""Mancunian Rumba"" in 1985, a single first released in 1983, but re-released to capitalize on the success of ""Dr. Beat"". It was a big hit in Europe and a club hit in the US. The group's breakthrough single in the US came in 1985 with the release of the lead single from their second studio-album ""Primitive Love"". ""Conga"" made"
"attempting to cover all the bases."" Havana Moon Havana Moon is a 1983 album by Carlos Santana released as a solo project. It features covers of Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry songs and performances by Booker T & the MGs, Willie Nelson and the Fabulous Thunderbirds, and also Carlos' father Jose singing ""Vereda Tropical"", a song Carlos had first heard when his father was serenading his mother following an argument. J. D. Considine of ""Rolling Stone"" deemed Carlos Santana recording Tex-Mex music to be a natural fit, and felt that the Fabulous Thunderbirds were ideal collaborators for such a project."
"Nascimento, Gilberto Gil, João Bosco, Ivan Lins, Djavan. The first bossa nova records by João Gilberto, in the last years of the 1950s, quickly became huge hits in Brazil. Antonio Carlos Jobim and other composers helped further develop this fusion of jazz harmonies and a smoother, often slower, samba beat, which developed at the beach neighborhoods of Ipanema and, later, the Copacabana nightclubs. Bossa nova was introduced to the rest of the world by American jazz musicians in the early 1960s, and song ""The Girl from Ipanema"" remains probably the best known Brazilian musical export, eventually becoming a jazz standard."